Somewhere in the Skies - 1947: Beyond Flying Saucers and Roswell (Part 2)

Episode Date: October 21, 2024

On episode 378, we bring you part 2 of our series on the year 1947. Last week, we explored the extraordinary UFO sightings that plagued the year of 1947 across the United States. This week, we are back on the ground to hear about the cases that happened much, much too close for comfort. These of the close encounter cases, where possible occupants were either seen or even communicated with, ushering in one of the most active and important years in the history of UFOs. Researched by Marcus Lowth: www.ufoinsight.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/somewhereskies ByMeACoffee: buymeacoffee.com/UFxzyzHOaQ PayPal: [e-mail] Website: www.somewhereintheskies.com Store: http://tee.pub/lic/ULZAy7IY12U YouTube Channel: CLICK HERE Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/somewhereskies/videos Order Ryan’s new book: https://a.co/d/4KNQnM4 Order Ryan’s older book: https://amzn.to/3PmydYC Twitter: @SomewhereSkies Read Ryan’s Articles by CLICKING HERE Opening Theme Song, "Ephemeral Reign" by Per Kiilstofte Produced by LIONSGATE Copyright © 2024. Ryan Sprague. All rights reserved. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/somewhere-in-the-skies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Terms apply. One, two, beat me off a piece of that kid. Have a break. Have a Kit Kat. Welcome to Somewhere in the Skies. I'm your host, Ryan Sprigg. Last week, we explored the extraordinary UFO sightings that seemed to plague the skies in the year of 1947 across the United States. This week, we're back on the ground to hear about the cases that happened much, much too close for comfort.

These are the close encounter cases of 1947, beyond Roswell and Flying Saucers. This is somewhere in the skies with Brian's bread. In early July, a letter from a resident appeared in the Nashville, Tennessee. In it, he would claim to have witnessed a flying saucer that landed in a field next to the road he was driving along. Furthermore, two strange figures. heads and arms and legs glowing like fireflies emerged from the craft. The witness claimed they attempted to communicate with him through some kind of sign language that he just couldn't comprehend. These glowing entities then re-entered their craft and left. Another strange encounter

occurred on the evening of July 7th in Tacoma, Washington. Several residents, of a neighborhood in the region claimed several discs were visible over the area. With one of these discs even landing on the roof of a neighbor's house, after this, several, quote, little people emerged from the craft.

Even more bizarre, these little people would vanish whenever reporters would approach. On the afternoon of July 23rd, perhaps one of the most intriguing claims of alien encounters would unfold. not least due to the claims of bases in the South American region,

particularly in Brazil and to the north in Puerto Rico. On this particular day, according to the May 1961, APRO Bulletin, topographer Jose C. Higgins would witness a huge metallic whitish-gray disc land in a field near where he was working. He would state that the strange craft crossed over the field, in a closed circle and landed softly about 150 feet from where he stood. He would estimate the disc was approximately 150 feet in width and around 15 feet high. Despite it being crossed by tubes in several directions,

there was no smoke or flames, at least that were visible. The gray, white metal appeared as though from one piece of material. Even more, unbelievably, three seven-foot-tall alien beings would emerge from the craft. Each had on a transparent outfit that was similar to a plastic bag. They each carried a metal box on their backs that appeared as though attached to the transparent suit. Under this bizarre, see-through outer garment, each wore pants, shirts, and sandals. However, these clothes appeared to be made from some sort of brilliant colored paper as opposed to cloth. Their hairless heads appeared a little too large for their frame, as did their eyes on their faces.

Similarly, the legs were also out of proportion to the smaller size of their torsos. As he continued to watch the trio, one of them pointed a metallic stick towards him. moments later, they had surrounded him in a triangular formation. The one with a stick, which appeared to be from the same material as the craft's exterior, would motion with it for him to walk toward the object. All the while, he could hear them talking to each other, although he didn't understand anything that was said, or what language they might be speaking.

He did as they asked and cautiously made his way towards the craft's entrance. However, he would only have a limited view, mainly of other doors and tubes. At this point, Higgins stopped and asked where he would be going if he entered the craft. They appeared to understand his concerns and responded by using the stick to draw a large circle with a spot in the center and seven circles around it. They would then point to the sky, their craft, and then, to one of the circles on the ground. Not wishing to go with these entities, Higgins reached into his wallet and walked toward the one with a stick.

He showed a picture of his wife and claimed that he wished to go and get her so that she could come with him. As these beings didn't appear to make any attempts to stop him, calmly as he could, he made his way into the woodland nearby. Once out of sight, he found a discreet place where he would remember. hidden but could still watch the strange activities of the strange alien beings. After about half an hour, they would re-enter the craft. It would then ascend into the sky and disappear out of sight. As it disappeared, a strange whistling sound was audible. One intriguing detail that Higgins did notice, aside from their pale skin,

was that these beings appeared extremely uncomfortable in the direct sunlight. I don't know, maybe they could have been vampires. The Higgins case remains a mystery. As the second wave of UFO sightings in 1947 continued, so did the bizarre encounters. For example, an incident in Modesto, California, a little after 10 p.m. on the evening of August 8th, is quite possibly, if not likely, one of an alien abduction. The witness was only nine years old at the time, was awoken by his grandmother. There was a bright blue light at the back of the house. When they went outside to investigate, both of them could see a disc-shaped object hanging overhead.

Rings of multicolored lights spun around underneath. The next thing he knew, the nine-year-old boy was waking up again. This time, he was lying in the garden outside. However, the ground appeared ashen and dry. Even more bizarre, his skin felt as though he had a bad sunburn, and he had blood oozing from a wound on his head. What exactly happened, and for what purpose, remained a mystery to the boy and his grandmother. Perhaps one of the most intriguing encounters of apparent UFO and alien interaction during 1947

came to us thanks to the late Jim Mars, who would tell of an encounter in his book, Alien Agenda. According to Mars, on August 13th in the New Mexico desert, six Native Americans would happen upon a crippled, crashed craft. What's more, inside the craft was the apparent occupant and pilot. Although it seemed injured, it was still alive. With the approach of the United States military clearly audible in distance, the Native Americans wrapped the creature up and discreetly moved away from the site. According to the account, the creature would never recover from its injuries, and the Native Americans would give it a proper burial.

Strange sightings and incidents were not limited to the United States at the time. In early July, in Zakataka State in Mexico, a rancher would claim to have discovered a landed metallic rocket-shaped object in the desert. Even stranger, when he peered inside this apparently cosmic vehicle, he could see two short humanoids dressed in silver-colored overalls. The rancher left the area immediately to report the craft. But upon returning, the object was gone. At around the same time in Edinburgh, Scotland,

Andrew Cherry stood at his bus stop at around 5.30 a.m. near St. John's School. By pure chance, he glanced upwards and witnessed a disc-shaped object hovering at approximately 300 feet from the ground. On the top of this craft was a large glass dome, inside of which was a humanoid occupant. This occupant, who the witness would call the alien, was sat in front of a control panel, which it appeared, to be manipulating. After several moments, the object began to tile and then spun away, vanishing from sight. Hey, everyone. Ryan Sprague here, host of Somewhere in the Skies.

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Another incident in early July occurred in the Mediterranean Sea, around 20 miles off the coast of Malta. That afternoon, several fishermen were sorting through their nets when they noticed a strange object floating on the water's surface. The appearance of this craft was so unnerving for the men, they quickly gathered their nets and looked to vacate the area. However, before they could do so, a bright light coming from the strange object, suddenly lit up the entire area. On top of the object, the fishermen could now clearly see several small entities moving over the top of the craft. They appeared to have a strange apparatus attached to their waists.

The fishermen, not wanting to make contact, left the area shortly after. Perhaps one of the better documented encounters from Europe during this time took place in Hungary. What's more, the incident. would unfold several weeks before the Arnold sighting and the Roswell incident. On the afternoon of June 10th at around 3.30 p.m.

Gehrick, Ferrence, stood at a roadside in the city of Budapest waiting to cross. For reasons he couldn't explain, he would suddenly look upward towards the sky. As it happened, several other people were also looking upwards at the time, and above them,

several strange, yellow, red flowers. ladder-like objects hovered just above the horizon. One of these objects was out in front while the others purposefully trailed it. They would move through the sky in a swimming motion and would remain in view for around 30 seconds before disappearing out of sight. While the first wave of the 1947 UFOs was reaching its peak in the U.S., around July 9th, an incident over Newfoundland and Canada would understand. fold. At around 11.30 p.m. in Grand Falls, several people witnessed a barrelhead-like thing

shoot through the sky. At the same time, four round objects appeared to trail the first one. The following morning, almost exactly 12 hours later, multiple witnesses would report seeing the same or very similar craft in the area. At Harmon Airfield, for example, several people witnessed a round object which glistened in the sun. It was approximately the size of a transport plane moving over the military base. Behind it, a trail of blue-gray smoke marked the sky. The object would twice bore a hole in the clouds,

leaving a visual after-effect as it did so. On the same morning, three witnesses, Jay Merman, R. Ledy, and Jay Woodruff were returning home from a fishing trip. While they were driving along a mountain road near Stephenville crossing, the three friends would notice strange cuts in the sky. Merman noticed a strange blue-black trail similar to smoke. And he urged that the car be pulled over so that they could scan the skies properly for whatever this was.

Once it came to a stop, they would step out of the vehicle. When they examined the skies again, it was perfectly obvious that the trail, or whatever belonged to it, had cut straight through the clouds, fast enough to disperse in the strange manner it had done. It would be Woodruff who would see the object first. Following the trail, Woodruff managed to connect it to a disc-like object overhead. He would state that he saw the object break out where the clouds opened and that it left a trail behind it. It appeared to be a translucent disc-like wheel traveling at a terrific rate of speed.

and open the clouds as it went through the air. Each of the witnesses would face further questions regarding the sighting, much of their descriptions would put the sighting down to nothing more than a meteor. The fact that none of them heard any explosion or noise meant that this was very unlikely. What's more, both Canadian and British Air Force, Personnel, would state they didn't have any aircraft operating in that area at the time. of the incident. Even a check on the apparent weather conditions would show them to be accurately described by the witnesses. Investigators would ultimately state that it was evident that some

phenomenon did occur. However, the sighting itself does remain unexplained. Perhaps one of the most intriguing UFO encounters to come out of the mainland of Europe at this time took place in early July in Amframville, La Mifua, near the River Cian in the Normandy region of France. The encounter would first appear in the book Phenomenon Inocuous by M. B. Delavreau in in 1972, almost a quarter of a century after it took place. The witness, a woman in her late 20s, would see a strange craft hovering near a road on which she traveled on her bike. She would describe the craft as oval in shape and gray in color and at a distance of approximately 100 meters.

She couldn't recall seeing any legs or landing apparatus, which gave the craft a floating appearance. This woman, Mrs. S, would estimate it to be around two meters high. A little more unnerving, though, was that two creatures were seemingly standing next to the craft. She would describe them as being around a meter tall and apparently preoccupied with something near the craft itself. When she was around 100 meters from the creatures and craft, she would courageously ring the bell on her bicycle. The two creatures immediately turned to face her. Seconds later, they both rushed inside the craft, which took off immediately into the air. It would hover for several moments before disappearing in the air.

the skies. So, we know at least according to the claims that there were several UFO encounters and crashes throughout the United States, all in the years prior to the Roswell incident of 1947 and the start of the modern era of UFO activity. We also know that, allegedly, the United States military, and to a lesser extent, certain aspects of the government, were actively involved in the recovery of these craft, and subsequently the storage and possible reverse engineering of the technology recovered. So with that in mind then, just how much did authorities know? And what did they understand regarding these sudden UFO encounters, especially when they begin to unfold throughout the summer of 1947? It doesn't seem a coincidence that at the same time,

the United States Air Force was established. And so was the official first investigation by the Air Force into UFOs, known as Project Sign. We have received and analyzed between one and two thousand reports that have come to us from all kinds of sources. Of this great mass of reports, we have been able adequately to explain

the great bulk of them, explain them to our own satisfaction. However, there have been a certain percentage of this volume of reports that have been made by credible observers of relatively incredible things. It is this group of observations that we now are attempting to resolve. We can say that the recent sightings are in no way connected with any secret development by any agency of the United States. The following summer of 1940s,

another wave of UFO sightings would unfold over the United States, several of which would involve active personnel. Those sightings, like those of 1947, most definitely captured the public's imagination. And it became very apparent that the UFO craze had only just begun. This episode was researched by Marcus Loth. To learn more, visit UFOinsight.com. take a moment to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get the show. It helps us gain visibility and find new listeners.

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